Little Brass Tacks: 06.2011

We left the safe bubble of West County and headed westward to California for my niece, Natalie's high school graduation. I can't believe she is that old now. Unbelievable. We took full advantage of this momentous occasion and journeyed with my parents, my next youngest sister and her family and my youngest sister over 1800 miles (two plane rides) to LAX. We decided to stay a week to take advantage of seeing some family and enjoying some fun time with them. We stayed in Anaheim for a good deal (thanks Steph!) and each family got a suite to themselves. The kids had an indoor pool to get thrown into each night as well, which helped to tire them out.

Our old culinary delights pretty much determined our whereabouts. Here is the play-by-play of our happenings: We arrived on Tues night and crashed immediately. Wed night was Natalie's graduation and we followed up with a wonderful family dinner at Buca di Beppo. Thurs we went and had lunch with my Aunt and cousins at El Pollo Loco and then dinner with other Aunt and Uncle at Bob's Big Boy. Friday was an all day excursion to Disneyland! After realizing I couldn't move Sat morning...we finally made it to my Uncle's house for Natalie's Graduation Party. Sunday we celebrated Memere's birthday at Lucille's Smokehouse and Monday we treated the kids to a day at the beach, complete with meeting up with cousins and one of Mom's childhood friends and her family. Tues we got up super early and left for the airport to head back home to the midwest. Whew! (There was so much, I had to cut it down)

Here are some of the great photos from our family trip. It was absolutely wonderful to see all my family and even a couple friends and for my girls to meet them all. Our first family vacation was a success! Can't wait to visit again!

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